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Main Entry:	proud
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	pleased, pleasing
Synonyms:	appreciative, august, content, contented, dignified, eminent, fiery, fine, glad, glorious, gorgeous, grand, gratifying, great, honored, illustrious, imposing, impressive, magnificent, majestic, memorable, noble, red-letter*, rewarding, satisfied, satisfying, spirited, splendid, stately, sublime, superb, valiant, vigorous, gratified, great-hearted, self-respecting, well-pleased
Antonyms:	sad, sorry

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Main Entry:	proud
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	arrogant, self-important
Synonyms:	bloated, boastful, cavalier, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, cool, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high-handed, huffy, imperious, insolent, lofty, narcissistic, ostentatious, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, scornful, self-satisfied, snobbish, snooty, stuck-up, supercilious, superior, vain, vainglorious, dismissive, egotistical, high-and-mighty*, puffed up, sniffy
Antonyms:	humble, meek, modest

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Main Entry:	arrogant
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	having exaggerated self-opinion
Synonyms:	aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, conceited, contemptuous, cool, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, scornful, self-important, smug, snippy, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, uppity, vain, wise guy, biggety, bragging, cold-shoulder*, on an ego trip, puffed up, smarty, sniffy, stuck up, swaggering
Antonyms:	humble, meek, servile, unconceited

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Main Entry:	cavalier
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	arrogant
Synonyms:	condescending, curt, disdainful, haughty, insolent, lofty, lordly, offhand, overbearing, proud, scornful, snooty, snotty, supercilious, superior, high-and-mighty*
Antonyms:	humble, reticent, shy

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Main Entry:	dictatorial
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	tyrannical, authoritarian
Synonyms:	absolute, arbitrary, arrogant, autocratic, bossy, clamorous, despotic, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, egotistic, firm, haughty, imperative, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, proud, stern, totalitarian, unlimited, unrestricted, crack-the-whip, dictative, iron-handed, throwing weight around
Antonyms:	democratic, docile, passive

Main Entry:	dignified
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	honorable
Synonyms:	aristocratic, august, courtly, decorous, distinguished, distingué, eminent, formal, grand, grave, great, highbrow, highfalutin', imperial, imperious, lofty, magisterial, magnificent, nifty, noble, proud, refined, regal, reserved, respected, solemn, somber, stately, superior, upright
Antonyms:	dishonorable, indecorous, undignified

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Main Entry:	disdainful
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	scornful
Synonyms:	aloof, antipathetic, arrogant, averse, cavalier, contemptuous, cool, derisive, egotistic, haughty, hoity-toity, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, sneering, snooty, supercilious, superior, unsympathetic, uppity, contemning, despising, high-and-mighty, rejecting, repudiating, scouting, toplofty
Antonyms:	loving, respectful, esteemable, favoring, praising

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Main Entry:	egotistic/egoistic
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	thinking very highly of oneself
Synonyms:	affected, aloof, autocratic, boastful, boasting, conceited, egocentric, haughty, inflated, intimate, intrinsic, introverted, isolated, narcissistic, opinionated, personal, pompous, proud, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-important, snobbish, stuck-up*, subjective, superior, swollen, vain, vainglorious, bragging, egomaniacal, individualistic, inner-directed, obsessive, prideful, puffed up, self-admiring, stuck on oneself
Antonyms:	altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming, selfless

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Main Entry:	elated
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	very happy
Synonyms:	animated, blissful, delighted, ecstatic, elevated, enchanted, exalted, excited, exhilarated, exultant, flying, gleeful, high, intoxicated, joyful, joyous, jubilant, on cloud nine, overjoyed, proud, set up, transported, aroused, cheered, enraptured, euphoric, fired up, flying high, hopped up, in heaven, in high spirits, in seventh heaven, looking good, puffed up, roused, turned-on
Antonyms:	depressed, down, sad, sorrowful, unhappy

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Main Entry:	exalted
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	praised; held in high esteem
Synonyms:	astral, august, dignified, elevated, eminent, exaggerated, excessive, first, grand, high, high-minded, highest, honorable, honored, ideal, illustrious, immodest, imposing, inflated, intellectual, leading, lofty, magnificent, noble, number one, outstanding, overblown, pompous, prestigious, pretentious, proud, self-important, sublime, superb, superior, top-drawer, uplifting, high-ranking, highest-ranking, top-ranking
Antonyms:	debased, humiliated, condemned, criticized, denounced

Main Entry:	haughty
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	arrogant
Synonyms:	assuming, cavalier, conceited, contemptuous, detached, disdainful, distant, egotistic, high, high and mighty, hoity-toity, imperious, indifferent, lofty, overbearing, overweening, proud, reserved, scornful, snobbish, snooty, snotty, stuck-up, supercilious, superior, uppity*, egotistical, on high horse, sniffy
Antonyms:	humble, meek, shy, timid

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Main Entry:	magnificent
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	glorious, wonderful
Synonyms:	august, brilliant, commanding, elegant, elevated, exalted, excellent, fine, glittering, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, high-minded, imperial, imposing, impressive, lavish, lofty, luxurious, magnanimous, majestic, noble, opulent, outstanding, palatial, plush, pompous, posh, proud, radiant, regal, resplendent, rich, royal, splendid, stately, striking, sublime, sumptuous, superb, superior, superlative, swanky, towering, transcendent, arresting, chivalric, magnific, smashing, standout
Notes:	magnificent means characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; magniloquent means lofty and extravagant in speech
Antonyms:	bad, offensive, poor, ugly

Main Entry:	overbearing
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	arrogant, domineering
Synonyms:	autocratic, bossy, cavalier, cocky, despotic, dictatorial, disdainful, dogmatic, egotistic, haughty, high-handed, imperative, imperial, imperious, insolent, magisterial, officious, oppressive, overweening, paramount, peremptory, predominant, preponderant, prevalent, proud, regnant, snotty, sovereign, stuffy, supercilious, superior, tyrannical, uppity, ascendant, high-and-mighty*, sniffy
Antonyms:	kind, modest, nice, unassertive

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Main Entry:	regal
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	fit for royalty
Synonyms:	august, glorious, imposing, kingly, magnificent, majestic, noble, proud, resplendent, royal, sovereign, splendid, stately, sublime, monarchial, monarchical, queenly
Antonyms:	common

Main Entry:	resplendent
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	bright, radiant
Synonyms:	beaming, blazing, brilliant, dazzling, effulgent, flaming, glittering, glorious, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, luminous, lustrous, magnificent, proud, refulgent, shining, shiny, splendid, sublime, superb, gleaming, irradiant, splendiferous, splendorous
Antonyms:	cloudy, dull, gloomy, withering

Main Entry:	self-satisfied
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	pleased with oneself
Synonyms:	arrogant, complacent, conceited, content, egotistic, flushed, pleased, proud, proud, smug, vain, bigheaded, full of oneself, puffed up, self-congratulatory
Antonyms:	humble, meek, unsure

Main Entry:	stately
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	dignified, impressive
Synonyms:	august, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, courtly, deliberate, elegant, elevated, formal, gallant, gracious, grand, grandiose, haughty, high, high-minded, imperial, imperious, imposing, kingly, large, lofty, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, massive, measured, monumental, noble, opulent, palatial, pompous, portly, proud, regal, royal, solemn, stiff, sumptuous, superb, towering, highfaluting, queenly
Antonyms:	common, ignoble, informal, undignified, unimpressive, unstately

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Main Entry:	sublime
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	great, magnificent
Synonyms:	abstract, august, divine, dynamite, elevated, eminent, exalted, glorious, gorgeous, grand, heavenly, high, holy, ideal, imposing, lofty, majestic, noble, outrageous, proud, resplendent, sacred, spiritual, stately, super, superb, too much*, transcendent, transcendental, splendiferous, splendorous, the most
Antonyms:	lowly, poor, second-rate, secondary

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Main Entry:	superb
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	excellent, first-rate
Synonyms:	admirable, august, best, breathtaking, choice, elegant, elevated, exalted, exquisite, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, great, lofty, magnificent, majestic, marvelous, matchless, noble, optimal, optimum, outstanding, peerless, prime, proud, resplendent, solid, splendid, state-of-the-art*, stunning, sublime, super, superior, superlative, unrivaled, splendiferous, splendorous, standout, very best
Antonyms:	bad, inferior, poor, second-rate

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Main Entry:	supercilious
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	arrogant, stuck-up
Synonyms:	bossy, cavalier, cocky, condescending, contemptuous, disdainful, egotistic, haughty, imperious, insolent, lofty, nervy, overbearing, patronizing, proud, scornful, superior, uppity, vainglorious, high-and-mighty, putting on airs, snobby
Antonyms:	humble, modest